Over a dozen energy firms buy hedges from lenders, including JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and the Bank of America.
The Australian group's move comes in the wake of a drop in revenue from the advisory and capital markets unit, amid a slump in deals.
Six of the biggest banks in the US cut a total of 37,500 jobs in 2014, compared to 45,700 in 2013.
Citi's operations in Nicaragua include $255m in assets, a loan portfolio of $171m and over 600 employees.
Ruling expected ease tensions between bank and Argentina, which is seeking to overcome deadlock brought by lawsuit with hold-out funds.
Citigroup could sell portions of its Argentine custody business or end some customer relationships.
RBS, Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and UBS would have to pay about $1bn each.
Market watchers believe even a "collapse" in house prices will not set off a prolonged "economic downturn" in the city.
Citi's Japanese consumer banking arm has been hit by weak loan demand and falling interest margins.
Deal will help Paris-based JCDecaux ride out an economic downturn on the continent.
Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah has warned that 2014's economic growth could miss revised forecasts.
Citi is paying around $1bn in fines to three separate authorities for currency market manipulation
55-year-old Harvard graduate who rose to prominence prosecuting police brutality to be formally announced on Saturday.
FCA and US CFTC may also announce deals with banks.
Citi revises down third-quarter net income to $2.84bn from the $3.44bn.
UBS gain the most out of any wealth management operation, including Credit Suisse and HSBC.
Citigroup's results were sullied by a second fraud investigation involving its Banamex unit.
Japan, Peru and Egypt are three of the businesses that will go.
Bloomberg data reveals that JPMorgan's bond traders will share the fastest shrinking bonus pot.
Rio's London shares rise 6% while Australian shares end 4.31% higher.
Citigroup says it had "a gun to its head" which would "probably go off" if US court did not allow payment of blocked funds.
35 to 40 institutions, including BlackRock, have placed orders for $1bn or more shares each.